Improvement in candlesticks



T. SW AN N.

Candlesticks.

Patented Aug. 10, 18 I5,

N.FETRS. PNDTO-LITHOGRAPMER. WASRINGTON n O.

PATENT THOMAS SWANN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAN DLESTICKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,651, dated August10, 1875; application filed June 28, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS SWANN, ofPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements inCandlesticks, of which the following is a specification My inventionrelates to certain improvements in that class of candlesticks' in whichthe candle, as it is consumed, is gradually fed upward by the action ofa spring; and the main objects of my invention are to protect the lowerend of the tube which encases the feeding-spring, and to provide for theready introduction and removal of the latter.

These objects I attain in the manner which I will now proceed todescribe, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in WhichFigure l is a vertical section of a candlestick with my improvements,and Fig. 2 an inverted plan view of the same.

The drawing shows my invention applied to the usual spring candlestick,A representing the tubular stem for receiving the candle; B, theornamental base; and D, the retainingcap, the latter being provided atthe lower edge with. a flange, a, which fits over and is retained inposition by lugs on the tubular stem A. This stem extends downwardthrough the ornamental base B, and its lower end receives the spring F,the upper end of the latter being adapted to the inverted cup b, onwhich rests the bottom of the candle.

The usual mode of retaining this spring is by means of a screw-capadapted to the lower end of the tubular stem A, but as the base of thecandles tick is usually open at the bottom,

the projecting end of the stem and its screwcap are very liable to bebent and otherwise injured. To obviate this I attach to the base of thecandlestick a cast-metal ring, H, which is secured at its outer edge tothe bottom flange of the base, and near its inner edge to the lower endof the tubular stem A, as shown in Fig. 1. The central opening (I of thering H has two opposite recesses, e e, and the lower end of the spring Fbears upon a plate, f, which is of larger diameter than the opening d,so that when it is flat, as shown in Fig. 1, it affords a firm bearingfor the spring; but when turned on edge, as shown in Fig. 2, it can bereadily removed through the recesses 6, thus allowing the spring to beremoved. The ring H has a roughened portion, h, for the ignition ofmatches.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the tubular stem A andbase B of a spring candlestick with a cast-metal ring or plate, H,secured to the base and to the tube, all substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The combination of the plate f, forn1ing a bearing for the lower endof the spring, with the central opening 01 of the ring H and itsrecesses e e.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS SWANN. Witnesses:

EDWARD H. ECKFELDT, HARRY SMITH.

